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Re: used to

1) is ok
2) is wrong; to give up smoking is not something you do over a long period of time, unless you repeatedly tried to stop smoking -- but then you would say "I used to try to give up smoking, but I don't even bother now".
3) is ok (to live in Offenbach)

Re: used to

Hello, Dany,

2.) I used to give up smoking, but now I smoke again.

I would say "I tried to give up smoking, but I failed. So I smoke again."
Do you know why "give up" doesn't go well with "used to"? This is what I think. When you use "used to", you mean to say that you did something regularly in the past. So it would soudn odd if you think the idea of "giving up" a regular action.